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Adjective
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For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.—
Michael McColly,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025 -
Your neighbors probably won't be bothered by your weedy flower beds or rusty lawn furniture.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Walmsley will portray Pat, a wiry, volatile young Westie with a chip on his shoulder, quick to throw punches and eager to prove himself.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The original model walked with a spidery cat-eye that would have been considered bold.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2025
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Pelargonium 'Graffiti White' is a heat-loving selection with spidery white flowers on a plant that grows 14 inches tall.—
Viveka Neveln,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 May 2022
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At his waspish best, Mr. Wheatcroft is entertaining on all this.—
Richard Aldous,
WSJ,
8 Oct. 2021
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“Spindle-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindle-legged. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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